Undergraduate Education

Undergraduate Education

Readers from across the Penn State community are invited to submit book nominations for the 2016-17 Penn State Reads program. Book nominations for the 2016-17 school year can be sent to pennstatereads@psu.edu. Anyone is welcome to make a submission.

Every semester the Division of Undergraduate Studies invites the Penn State community to lunchtime presentations featuring academic advising topics. These lunch-and-learn sessions provide opportunities for professional development, networking and advising discussions. No registration is necessary, and all faculty and staff members are welcome to attend and bring a lunch if desired.

The Office of Undergraduate Education is accepting applications for summer 2015 Erickson Discovery Grants to support undergraduate student engagement in original research, scholarship, and creative work under the direct supervision of a faculty member.

The Penn State Smeal College of Business will add to its roster of majors for undergraduate students and expand its portfolio of entrepreneurship-related initiatives with the launch this semester of a new corporate innovation and entrepreneurship (CIENT) major.

This fall Penn State expects to award approximately 5,030 diplomas to students University-wide who are completing 244 associate, 3,650 baccalaureate, 885 master’s, 19 law and 232 doctoral degrees, bringing the University’s number of graduates to an estimated total of more than 734,852.

Division of Undergraduate Studies academic advisers Elena Galinova and Irma Giannetti recently authored a book titled “Advising International Chinese Students: Issues, Strategies, and Practices” to educate the advising community about this special population and to contribute to discussions about related advising strategies and institutional reforms.

From Beijing to Shanghai and all points in between, a three-week class offered through the College of Engineering provides students from across the University a tour de force of Chinese history and culture.

Baccalaureate enrollments are up by 2,132 University-wide, with 511 additional students at University Park, 703 at the Commonwealth Campuses, and 918 at other Penn State locations, according to official enrollment figures released today (Oct. 16).

Penn State President Eric Barron will be interviewed on the C-SPAN Bus on Oct. 2 and his segment will be aired on the network between 8 and 8:45 a.m. Eastern time as part of a Big Ten tour that involves C-SPAN learning more about the conference's universities as well as the leaders of those institutions.

From now through Oct. 31, students may nominate advisers for the 2015 Penn State Excellence in Academic Advising Award. Sponsored by the University Advising Council and the Office for Undergraduate Education, the award recognizes and rewards advising excellence.

The General Education Task Force has presented to Faculty Senate three prototypes for structuring a curriculum that better prepares Penn State students to live and work in increasingly competitive global contexts.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, author of the book “Americanah,” will speak at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 13 in Schwab Auditorium as part of the 2014 Penn State Reads program. Tickets will be available to students beginning on Sept. 29.

The Penn State Reads committee invites students and faculty alike to a screening of the film “Half of a Yellow Sun.” The movie will be shown at 7 p.m. on Oct. 6 in the Freeman Auditorium in the HUB-Robeson Center, followed by a discussion.